Businessmen ask for stability from Turkey’s new president
The business world has urged Turkeyâs new president to end the deepened polarization and escalated institutional disharmony present in the country, according to a statement by the Turkish Industrialistsâ and Businessmenâs Association (TÃSÄ°AD) on Aug. 11.
âOur [the business worldâs] first expectation from the new president is the removal of the current polarized and segregated [environment], which has reached a level that could threaten democracy and development [in the country],â read the TÃSÄ°AD statement, which greeted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan for his victory in the Aug. 10 presidential elections.
âWe hope our new president raises the low morale that is present in public institutions by using his constitutional authorities and responsibilities [at his disposal], as well as play a guiding and conciliatory role in starting dialogue between political parties,â the statement read.
The association also highlighted âthe need to introduce a maximum number of structural reformsâ ahead of general elections, scheduled for mid-2015, and the crucial role the president will play in this bid.
The top representative of Turkish exporters, Turkish Exportersâ Assembly (TÄ°M) chair Mehmet BüyükekÅi also released a statement to congratulate ErdoÄan for his election victory.
âWe believe our prime ministerâs role in leading Turkey to become a strong global economic actor and a developed international trading state will continue during his time as president,â said BüyükekÅi in his statement.
Independent Industrialistsâ and Businessmenâs Association (MÃSÄ°AD) Chairman Nail Olpak also greeted the...
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